Support

The goal of this grant program is to reinforce strategies outlined in the Think Bigger Do Good Policy Paper, Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Addiction Workforce: A Framework. Recommendations are made on three levels – clinical, community, and individual.

For the purposes of this grant, we are seeking to support programs that expand the community behavioral health workforce by investing in peers and other nontraditional community workers. Community mental health workers can divert care from an overextended clinical workforce by delivering interventions that focus on prevention, recovery, mitigation, and/or harm reduction. Existing models that promote the benefits of situating mental, social, and spiritual support services within the community setting include community health workers/promotoras, peer support services, and other frontline public health workers.

These roles are described in further detail in the policy paper, Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Addiction Workforce: A Framework. 

To watch a webinar based on the paper, click here.

1. • Invest

     in programs that connect important behavioral health policy issues to on-the-ground practice

   • Build

     capacity of local small- and mid-size organizations

   • Inform

     behavioral health policy discussion using lessons from real-world application

• Non-Profit Organization

  Is your organization recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or does your organization have a Fiscal Sponsor?

• Geographic Location

  Does your program serve communities located within the City of Philadelphia?

• Small- or Mid-Size Organization

  Does your organization have a budget of $5 million or less?

• Representative Leadership

  Is your organization’s leadership team and board representative of the community you work with?

• Policy Meets Practice

  Does the program align with the recommendations made in the Think Bigger Do Good paper of focus, Enhancing the Capacity of the Mental Health and Addiction Workforce: A Framework by expanding the community behavioral health workforce? 

• Select

  Scattergood Foundation will select a specific Think Bigger Do Good policy paper or set of papers of focus.

• Submit

  Organizations submit applications for programming related to the policy issue of focus.

• Staff Review

  Scattergood Foundation staff review and narrow applications.

• Grantmaking Group Review

  Grantmaking Group will review applications and make selections for grant awards.

• Award

  Awardees will be announced.

• Convene

  Review team and grantees will convene semi-regularly to share about their programs and to discuss policy-related issues.

• Wednesday, March 13th, 2022

  Policy Meets Practice Grant Application Opens

• Monday, April 18th, 2022 at 3pm

  Informational session about the application process

  *To register, click here.

• Monday, May 16th, 2022 at 5pm EST

  Application period closes

• June 2022

  Applicants notified of grant award status

  Grant awards released

• July 2022-June 2023

  Grantees implement programs and participate in Community of Practice

Please watch an informational session for potential applicants to learn about the 2022 Policy Meets Practice grant opportunity.